Autumn Jubilee Quilt Along and Giveaway!

It is my favorite time of year, and this year I’ll be doing a quilt along to help us get started on Autumn themed projects, leading up to my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving. The projects will be suitable for the entire fall season, but the best part is the quilt along that starts today!! There will be weekly posts for four weeks, short and sweet, and doable for this season’s use. In addition, I will have giveaways from a list of fantastic sponsors. There will be one sponsor each week in October for our quilt along. Today, our lead off sponsor is Aurifil Threads! So, let’s get started!

The quilt-along begins today, so gather your scraps in all the fall colors you have. The quilt along will have two different blocks, and the size of the finished projects will depend on how many blocks you want to make. So, lets get started!

To begin, the projects will need the half square triangles we have made before. If you have jelly roll strips, you can get the 3-inch pieces you need by starting with the 3-inch background square. Cut them in half diagonally, then position on the jelly roll strip with the diagonal cut edge on the edge of the jelly roll strip. Yes, this will mean that the sides of the finished HST will have bias edges, but we will square them up. You’ll just need to sew carefully as you assemble the block. I would put these next to each other, they are separated here for demonstration. I also marked the diagonal line along with the quarter-inch sewing lines to be sure you could understand the placement.

So, let’s cut some fabric! The first block is a leaf block, pieced with scrappy autumn colors. The block will finish at 6 inches square. For each block you will need scraps in similar colors to create the leaves. Here is what you need for a single leaf –

Start by matching up the 3-inch leaf color squares with 2 of the 3-inch background squares, and make HSTs using our usual method, and square up to 2-1/2-inches. If you make more than one leaf block of each color, mix up your HSTs to make the leaves even scrappier.

With the last 3-inch background square, cut in half on the diagonal. Position on either side of the leaf color strip.

Sew with a 1/4-inch seam.

Press, then square up to 2-1/2 inches.

Now, lay out the elements in the block. I switched colors on you, as I am making a lot of leaves.

Sew in rows. Press the rows in opposite directions to make nesting the seams easy. How you press the final block won’t matter. I usually press all the seams up.

All done! In multiple colors. At this stage, they will be 6-1/2-inches square.

If you want to make the leaves totally scrappy, you can. Why not? Real autumn leaves often have more than one color.

How many do you need? Well, it depends. For the absolute minimum, you need 1. To make the smallest two projects, you’ll need 4. If you want to make all the projects in the quilt along, you’ll need 24. But you can make leaves each week to get the total at the end, you don’t have to make all of them this week, unless you want to. Block 2 will publish next Friday.

Of course, you’ll need thread to sew the leaves, in lots of luscious fall colors, and there is no better thread for piecing. Aurifil is sponsoring this post with a giveaway of a 12 spool box of threads in Autumn colors!! To enter, visit the Aurifil collections website, then come back and leave a comment with the thread collection you’d most like to have next, in addition to the Sheena Norquay Autumn Collection. (Update, just to be clear, the giveaway is only for the Autumn collection. The comments are for a collection other than Autumn.) If you follow me, comment a second time with how you follow for a second entry. The drawing will be held November 1, so you have plenty of time to enter and tell your friends! If you tweet, please use the hashtag #AutumnJubilee and include @aurifil and @frmmycarolinahm on your list. If you follow me on twitter, I tweeted the link this morning.

Aren’t these threads gorgeous! I love the colors in this collection. There are also at least three other collections I would love to have. What are your choices?

I like the Bright Collection. I have a tendency to use a lot of bright colors in my projects. I would love to try different weights, but so far I’ve only used 50 wt. Thanks for the leaf project, just bought some fall fabrics.

oh very pretty I love this block too-I should make one into a pot holder. I follow you but am not entering the giveaway as my heart right now belongs to spinning and weaving-I will share on facebook though

I need the pastel collection, soft but brilliant, and they blend in to my piecing. Those are the colors I lean to in top stitching and quilting as well, I only do grid or stitch in the ditch on my own machine at the moment, but doing mostly children’s quilts at the moment, the soft colors blend across the tops.

This is so much fun Carole, I think I will go scrappy for my leaves. Unless some lovely fall fabric grabs me,

I have made only a small dent in the thread box I won from your giveaway over the summer! I feel a bit guilty entering for another drawing really, but I am an Aurifil thread snob, and I will share half with OMG if I am so lucky! I love all the boxed sets, but scrolling through the pages, the one that made me gasp is the Sashiko collection of 12wts. My-oh-my, how dreamy!

I would love to try the floss from Aurifil, especially the retro farmhouse collection from Joanna Figueroa.
Now I am going to gather a collection of cheerful autumn fabrics to make leaves.
Thanks for the give-away opportunity and the project inspiration.

I follow by email. I have some HST left over from Scrap Dance Tango. I think there are probably some I can use for Autumn Jubilee. But today will be an outdoor work in the garden day. Won’t have many more such beautiful, sunny, warm days for a while.

So many choices of Aurifil Thread! As my Husband would say – I’d like one of each! (He actually did that once at a hardware store concerning a group of DIY books – about 20 of them – and they made him a deal he couldn’t refuse. LOL!!) I keep a large cone selection of “Basics” by Mark Lipinski, but I do a lot of children’s quilts and like bright colors such as Up and Away by Emily Herrick.

Call me boring, but I love the Basics Collection because it has all the thread colors I can use for any style and color of fabrics with which I’m working. I make sure I always have two sets of the Basics Collection so I never run out of the color or value I need.

Great pattern….maybe I can sneak a few leaves in today!! Love the Aurifil Italian Threads. I would love to grow my collection, beginning with Bluebird Sampler by Minick & Simpson. (Oh, by the way – they are going to be at our GUILD show next summer in Delaware!). The Autumn collection is lovely as well and perfect for this type of project.

Hi Carole. I am going to save this tutorial.
God moves in mysterious ways I have been reading all of your amazing blog posts, just not commenting.
I want to make these leaves. Maybe make a few table mats for some faithful friends that helped me and mom and dad.
My mom went to Heaven on Wednesday — but her body kept going autopilot until 1:00 this morning.
I think we are joyful. I am just very glad you lost your job and you are blogging up a storm. I think it was God’s plan hahahahahaha
Love, Rosemary

Love your pattern and our weather is looking to be the autumn Jubilee here in Wisconsin. Love all the Aurifil thread collections and I seem to use many neutrals so my sensible choice would be Mark’s neutrals. Love all of them and I certainly need to upgrade my thread supply since I still have some colors wound on wooden spools-a real NO NO for a quilter.

Oh I am drooling over the Wildflower collection of Designer! Haven’t ventured online to get some, but our local shop doesn’t carry, so I am jonesing to try & doubt my family will go that route off my upcoming birthday Christmas list! Fingers crossed! Toes too!

Hi, CArole,
I have succumbed and will be making some leaf,blocks! As usual, I have up scaled and am using a variety of yellows and golds from the 4 1/2″ and 5″ boxes. I did have to cut some background squares, however. I’m planning a longer/narrower,banner or,wall hanging. The autumn golds work with my daughter’s wall colors. Following you on your blog and on Flickr

So hard to pick a favorite Aurifil,designer box! I have loved having all the choices in my neutrals box. I would pick Voluminous by Katarina Rocella, uppercase, everyday colors or either the warm or cool colors in Trnasformations!

First time I see this method to make HST and will try itI always use two squares.
I I am drooling over the Aurifill collections and was hard to choose only one so If I have to pick only one wil be the Pastel Collection but there are many favoarites.

You could also use strips and the EZ Angle ruler. Starch your fabric crispy if doing the strip method!! 🙂 It will make you much happier. I can’t wait to see what you make, as I know you will follow through.

Your leaves are beautiful! Thanks for this tutorial, and for your beautiful blog. I get a warm and peaceful feeling everytime I visit. I like Tula Pink’s Premium collection, which reminds me of spring and summer. And this beautiful Autumn collection is a wonderful addition to a year-round collection of colors! Thanks for the chance to win!

It’s Spring here on the bottom half of the world and my two dwarf cherry trees are currently in full bloom, as are my apple trees. So Autumn is still 6 months away, so the question is, do I make this quilt as “Autumn Jubilee” or “Spring/Summer Jubilee”?

Well, this is turning out to be popular, isn’t it? =) My favorite changes every time I look, but today, I’m feeling practical, so my favorite is PIECE AND QUILT COLLECTION, NEUTRALS by Christa Watson. Thanks for the directions, and for the chance to win. Thanks to Aurifil for sponsoring this week, too!

I it SEW hard to pick just 1, but I like the Autumn collection. Shows all the changing colors of the season but also like the Tid Bits collection. It was a hard choice, since I like them all and Big Thanks you for the give away. Good luck all

To pick only one collection is sooooo hard to do…but if I have to pick one…it would be A Merry Christmas by Kim Schaefer. I’m working on a Christmas quilt right now and that assortment of greens and rich reds are just what I need….(a really close second would be Tide Pools by Kathy Engle….those colors just “speak” to me…no project needing them…but I would find one!) Thanks for the giveaway….this is a great leaf pattern.

There are too many to choose from! I like Tinsel, Sweetly Stitched, Sew Illustrated, Quilter Essentials, Prism, Piece and Quilt Collection of Neutrals, Paper & Ink, Kindred Spirits, Geishas and Ginkos, and of course Autumn! If it has to be just one, I would pick Geishas and Ginkos.

I have 7 blue blocks done, waiting to be ironed, green and autumn toned ones all cut and waiting to be sewn. I think I might add some purple, and maybe red into the collection. That will give me 5 different shades.

The Autumn collection is stunning but I also like A Merry Christmas. OK, I like a whole lot more but I’ll stop now. Thanks for the quilt along! And thanks to Aurifil as well – love working with their threads.

After going to the Aurifil link and looking at all the beautiful thread collections, I came across what I really need. The Aurifil Best Selection- 4 pack.
As a beginning quilter, I need the basics and plenty of them because practice is not perfect in the beginning and much is lost to learning! I am looking forward to one day being able to need the glorious colors available at Aurifil.

Carole, l look forward to your emails. It is like getting a letter from home. A happy home! And hearing from a best friend I’ve never met. The quilting, gardening, recipes, and mountain stories are a nice addition, too. Keep up the great work!

I am loving these beautiful autumn colors as that seems to be most of my stash. If I were fortunate enough to win this then I would like the Perfect Box of Neutrals by Pat Sloan to compliment the rich autumn ones. Thanks so much for sharing the great leaf pattern too.

I accidentally stumbled onto your blog. I’m so glad I did. Although I can’t remember what I was doing a search on when I saw your name I knew you were in my neck of the woods. I live in the foothills on the east side of the Blueridge Parkway. I follow you through my email.

Tula pink premium collection would be divine
I have made a number of these blocks in May this year to help out the fire victims of fort McMurray in the colours of their flag. Posted to Canada for quilters to join into quilts

Where do I start! It would be so hard to choose just one Aurifil thread collection–I want them all!! And with soooooo many to choose from. Love the thread, love your blog. Looking forward to your next post.

This Autumn set of set is just yummy….but though it was hard to choose a favorite on the site, Valori Wells collection caught my eye as being a great addition of color into my only white, grey and black threads! I know! TERRIBLE huh! Thanks for the chance to win.

I have just found your blog. I may be to late too get in on the giveaways but if not I like the Wildflower Meadow collection along with the Autumn collection. I am sorry I missed the quilt along but I love the pattern and plan to try it.

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